Yes, I’ve read the morning papers…
Tomorrow’s edition (Friday) of
Inside is a double-page spread, (see below) that includes an interview with
There’s also a few of the previously unpublished shots of DB, of which there are many in the book.
We’ll be running a contest to win copies of the book at the weekend, when we’ll be posting more exclusive excerpts and even an unpublished shot that didn’t make it into the book.
You’ve no doubt already heard about Tony’s book signing session in London next month. But in case you haven’t here are the details…
Sunday 11th February
33-35 Wellington Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2E 7BN
0207 836 2944
1:00pm ’til 4.30pm (and then onwards in the upstairs bar, tables and sofas reserved.)
I’ll leave you with an excerpt from the Times piece…
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VISCONTI ON: Recording Heroes
While I was in Toronto I had a call from David?s PA, Coco Schwab, saying that he needed me in Berlin to begin work on his next album. Brian Eno was also in Berlin and rather than working in the smaller studio at Hansa we were in their flagship studio, located close to the Berlin Wall.
The backing tracks were a dream to record. One didn?t have a title; it would become Heroes. David played keyboards live on the track that was more than seven minutes long; little was left off the album cut. After Brian left Berlin we added some percussion to some tracks; all this was typical of how David worked. His ideas were spontaneous and he liked them executed quickly to see how the notion played out.
David would arrive at the studio with a partial lyric and we?d start recording his vocal with what little he had. I would record the first two lines, then he would hold up his hand for me to stop, listen to the playback, and write another scribbled couplet on his pad.
Heroes was just about the only lyric recorded in the traditional manner. But the writing of the song was difficult. I had met a Berlin jazz singer, Antonia Maass, a few nights earlier in a nightclub; I was very impressed with her singing, especially her vocal agility and extended high range, and we had a brief affair.
She was visiting the studio that day and we went for a walk after David asked us to leave him for a couple of hours so that he could finish the lyrics. As we walked in front of the Berlin Wall we stopped and kissed.
At that moment, a lyrically frustrated Bowie was looking out of the studio?s control room studio. I can?t tell you where he pulled the other images in his song, but we were the couple that inspired: ?I can remember/ Standing/ By the wall/ And the guns/ Shot above our heads/ And we kissed/ As though nothing could fall.?
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